guidelines how to issue a proposal. You represent a small team who wants to jointly conduct research on POLARSTERN? In this case, you can submit a proposal for secondary use. The number of team members should not [...] may submit a proposal for main use. You should though, bear in mind that the planning period for POLARSTERN corresponds to 3 years. Since autumn 2017, a review panel, ”Gutachterpanel Forschungsschiffe” (GPF) [...] (GPF), organizes the review and evaluation of the proposals for ship time on RV POLARSTERN and HEINCKE. The GPF has the mandate to evaluate the proposals for German research vessels and to make recommendations